Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.31

एक एव हि वन्ध्यायाः शोको भवति मानसः। अप्रजास्मीति संतापो न ह्यन्यः पुत्र विद्यते॥

eka eva hi vandhyāyāḥ śoko bhavati mānasaḥ| aprajāsmīti saṃtāpo na hyanyaḥ putra vidyate||

English Meaning

A sonless woman has only one cause of mental affliction. Her only sorrow is “I have no child" and nothing else my son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)